16 BULLETIN 16, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
seeded. It would thus tend to help the immediately succeeding crops, 
particularly the grass, and would be largely out of the way, so far 
as its direct effect is concerned, by the time the field is again planted 
to tobacco. On tobacco lots, lime should not be used ordinarily 
oftener than once in about four years and at a rate not to exceed one- 
half ton of quicklime or its equivalent per acre. 
VARIETIES OF FLUE-CURED TOBACCO. 
A great array of so-called tobacco varieties might be listed, but 
many of them would represent but little, if any, real variation in 
type. There is, however, one broad differentiation among the many 
so-called varieties, based on shape and size of leaf, which can be 
readily observed. Thus we have the broadleaf types, represented 
by such standard sorts as Warne, Yellow Oronoco, White-Stem 
Oronoco, Big Oronoco, Adcock, Adkin, Willow-Leaf, Gooch, Tilley, 
and Hester, and the narrow-leaf sorts, as Narrow-Leaf (little) Oro- 
noco and Flanagan. 
Throughout the New Belt and on the lighter soils of the Old Belt 
section the broadleaf types are generally preferred, as they are 
better adapted to the production of smokers, cutters, and wrappers. 
On the stronger soils of the western part of the Old Belt section, 
particularly westward from Rockingham County, N. C., and Henry 
County, Va., the narrow-leaf sorts are general favorites. These nar- 
row-leaf varieties will make good, rich filler on suitable land, and by 
somewhat closer planting on improved land a large yield per acre 
can be grown without the individual leaves becoming overgrown and 
coarse. Flanagan and some of its subtypes, particularly the Im- 
proved Flanagan, are rather large-leaf types, about midway between 
the narrow-leaf and the broadleaf sorts, and are well adapted to 
quite rich land. The variety known as Short-Stalk Flanagan closely 
resembles the Narrow-Leaf Oronoco. The Flanagan types are per- 
haps the most vigorous growers and heaviest yielders of any of the 
flue-cured varieties, but they are a trifle later in maturing than the 
others. 
On the fine, bright soils the broader leaf types are generally most 
popular. The Warne, a standard wrapper type, is perhaps the most 
popular of any. The White-Stem Oronoco, Willow-Leaf, and Gooch 
are favorites in certain parts of the New Belt section. The Adcock 
is a great favorite in the noted wrapper-producing section in the 
southern part of Granville County, N. C. The Adkin is also a popu- 
lar broadleaf sort in certain sections of the Old Belt and has the 
merit of being some days earher in maturing than most of the other 
standard sorts, but this earliness is probably somewhat at the sacrifice 
of yield. 
